Pictures
and Colour genetics of Indian Runner Ducks |
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The Fawn Indian Runner is native to the East Indies. Photographed by Duckrus in Bali, this flock shows the beautiful warm ginger fawn described in the Standards. Imported as 'skins' by Wallace, and as live ducks by Walton in 1909, this is the basic colour. The ducks described in 1835 at the Zoological gardens UK fit the Fawn. The genotype from the Far East is light phase dusky with the brown gene. Light phase results in a ragged bib in the male; dusky removes the eye stripes and pigments the under wing. In recent years, the Blue gene has been
added to the basic fawn resulting a in the colour sequence: Fawn Dusky
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of Blue Duskies. Duskies do not show eye-stripe markings in
the feathers on the face. The under-wing is also pigmented. They
are light phases duskies. This is unlike the Trout, Blue Trout and Apricot Trout (Blau-gelb) which have eye stripes and cream/white underwing feathers. The Trout and Blau-gelb are not duskies. They are light phase mallard. |
Group of Apricot Duskies. Developed from Fawn Runners in Britain, Apricot Runners are the Fawn Runner with two blue genes.
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Below:
Apricot Trout drake
(homozygous for blue - alias 'Saxony') |
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Below: The blue colour
sequence in Trout ducklings: |
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Left: Black, Blue, Lavender and
-Explaining
Indian Runner Colours-
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